David Anders's Discussions

I took my quad out this morning to try various flight modes. Alt hold was perfect (more or less without sonar), but when i swapped back to stablise I lost all throttle control and it went off on its…Continue

Hey all,I received my APM case last week, dismantled my quad, put the case in and rebuilt it and it works a treat. Makes everything just seem cleaner and safer - and considering what i'm trying to…Continue

Hi all,I'm familiar with RC and I'm familiar with the various types of antenna but i've never built/played with antenna tracking sytems before, so i'm practically starting from scratch [aside from…Continue

"I on my 2nd Iris+ and now am having a very hith HDOP when i fly around a tree in an fairly open field. Im looked at the logs and it seems like its droping sats as well. Anyone else have this issue and is there anyway to boost the pull of…"

"Hello, I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to share their dataflash or tlog from their Talon. I want to see how my Talon's response to roll, pitch, and yaw input in Auto mode compares to others. Thanks!"

"Hi Elios,
I try to do some pictures tomorrow or so, Talon is in my store, and it is night here ! Not that you would see much, the thin carbon rods are completely hidden in the foam, and I painted the tips red !
I'm not too good with…"

"HI Gustav,
Great work, 2 questions:
1-Can you post some photos of the tail and how you did it, It will nice to see it.
2- What was the calculation to configure the cruise speed to 16m/s and the FWB min at 10 under Airspeed section? With my…"

"And a tip from my side, I found the tips of the rudders quite easily bend when it is bumped, and then becomes soft and floppy.
I bought some 2mm carbon rod from Clowns Hobbies here, cut two 70mm lengths, sharpened one end on a grinder, and carefully…"

"Well, as I said, my document is a work in progress.........
I helped set up another Talon recently, and the owner required clarity on some parts of the document.
I would also appreciate any feedback, tips you might have, etc.
I particularly would…"

"Damir,
You want to check that the LED in leg is still working before you put it all together again. When an arm is broken it can stress the LED cable. If it needs replacing, you want to do that when you are replacing the arm. It…"

"Damir here is a PDF of replacing an arm. The PDF shows you how to cut the motor wires and reconnect them. You can also de-solder and then re-solder them as well if you know how to solder and have a soldering iron. If you don't…"

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I've asked my students to also participate in this very useful group. It is close to xmas now, but I hope they will become involved with your group before semester 1 in 2013. I hope you have seen the YouTube N7project footage. I have been very pleased with what they have done with what was only a bare concept in late-2011.

Don't know whether you got my message yesterday re APM problem setting up, have spent hours on the "B" system, don't know where I going wrong the problem is in the setup with the 3 position control switch set on manual the motor will run, on Stab mode motor slows on RTL motor stops, in fail safe settings I note that manual setting "radio in "channel 3 there is a full set of green bars, "servo/motor out" the same for manual, less on stab. mode and none on RTL. Channel 8 " radio in" a full set of bars on all switch settings, nothing on "servo/motor out" regardless of switch setting, hope you can point me in the right direction Regards Geoff.

Hi David, Thanks for the reply,Firstly I gather you mean tick the check box in fail safe nothing changes if it's ticked or not, don't understand what you mean by TX responses are correct under Radio Calibtation and I only have switch set fo RTL, Stabalise and Manual, have been having another problem today, Picture but no GPS, push reset button, it trys to reboot, then comes up with a message Waiting for MAULINK HEARTBEAT. sorry to be such a pain Regards Geoff.

I have found the OSD problem,It doesn't show if you are connected to PC, looking at OSD I find It doesn't matter where the 3position switch is the OSD shows Stabilised Mode maybe someone has an answer Regards Geoff

David - looking for some likeminded multi-pilots to network with here in Melbourne. I'm flying a 6X Naza-M F550 frame with a view to moving towards a heavy lift build and a CASA commercial certificate for cinematography. Very much like to meet up with some local pilots to discuss techniques and build options etc. Notice there is a Melbourne group meeting periodically...

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